The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety
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Anxiety happens. It's not a choice. And attempts to "manage" your thoughts or "get rid" of worry, fear, and panic can leave you feeling frustrated and powerless. But you can take back your life from anxiety without controlling anxious thoughts and feelings. You can stop avoiding anxiety and start showing up to your life. This book will get you started, using a revolutionary new approach called acceptance and commitment therapy, or ACT.
More Info: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1572244992/?tag=socialanxietydisorder-20
More Info: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1572244992/?tag=socialanxietydisorder-20
Lessons for anxiety, lessons for life
Shared by Drew on Dec 24th, 2008
2 out of 3 people found this treatment experience helpful:
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I made a lot of progress on my social anxiety through Dr Richards "Overcoming Social Anxiety: Step By Step" audio series, but the perfectionist side of me got me into a mode of life where the focus of my life became overcoming social anxiety.
I stumbled upon this book at the perfect time.
It made me realize that my whole life had become about overcoming SAD, which is not what I want my life to be.
It put the question in my head: what if it doesn't matter if I overcome SAD?
What if what really matters is that I live my life starting now and do the things I value? The shift is that now I try my best to do the things I value regardless of how I feel. This is the idea behind Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). It doesn't mean that life has gotten easy, but I'm doing things now I've wanted to do my whole life that I'd kept putting off because I wanted to "overcome" my social anxiety first.
I'm not saying Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) doesn't have it's place. It certainly does, as it helps you to think and feel more rationally in social situations, but I think it can plant the seed in some people that they must entirely overcome their anxiety, all the while their life is passing them by...
I made a lot of progress on my social anxiety through Dr Richards "Overcoming Social Anxiety: Step By Step" audio series, but the perfectionist side of me got me into a mode of life where the focus of my life became overcoming social anxiety.
I stumbled upon this book at the perfect time.
It made me realize that my whole life had become about overcoming SAD, which is not what I want my life to be.
It put the question in my head: what if it doesn't matter if I overcome SAD?
What if what really matters is that I live my life starting now and do the things I value? The shift is that now I try my best to do the things I value regardless of how I feel. This is the idea behind Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). It doesn't mean that life has gotten easy, but I'm doing things now I've wanted to do my whole life that I'd kept putting off because I wanted to "overcome" my social anxiety first.
I'm not saying Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) doesn't have it's place. It certainly does, as it helps you to think and feel more rationally in social situations, but I think it can plant the seed in some people that they must entirely overcome their anxiety, all the while their life is passing them by...
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